Home News Academics Page 13 Category: Academics Fabulous Field Trips Macalester's location makes it easy for students to enjoy both urban and rural field trips. Let’s Get Physical It’s 2:20 on a Friday afternoon. Classes are winding down for the week, but inside the Theatre and Dance Department’s black box studio, the energy levels are just ramping up. Galileo on Trial Students in HIST 294—Science, Magic, and Belief—reenacted the 1632 trial to decide whether Galileo’s science was a crime against the Catholic Church. Little Iron Sophors Khut '14 spent his summer researching parallel computing, troubleshooting software, and writing an e-book. Cyber Politics in Practice Rather than write individual term papers, political science students built a website to show how presidential candidates used Twitter during the 2012 presidential primary The Piraq Causa [Who is Still to Blame?] World Philosophy Day with Dessa Music Is In the Air Understanding HIV Mira Hager studied tissue samples from HIV-positive patients to better understand the immune response to HIV. Physical Theater, Robert Rosen’s Class Immigration Nation Learning U.S. history through an understanding of the ethnic groups who have moved within our country’s borders. Global Food Puzzle Why is it so hard to get food to the hungry? Students explore problems and possibilities in the course Economics of Global Food Problems. Practicing history Senior history majors saw first-hand how complicated commemorating history can be, thanks to a capstone class that drew on events marking the 150th anniversary of Minnesota’s U.S.-Dakota War. International Roundtable 2012 The seats were full as speakers from ag businesses and international scholars discussed the future of food. Exploring Pathways in Medicine Mariah Belgen explored the effects of iron deficiency and the possibility of pairing an MD with research. Laser Focus Andrew Matsumoto ’13 used lasers to study molecules and found chemistry research a fascinating—and surprisingly social—endeavor. African Odyssey Hannah Warman ‘13 spent the summer in Rwanda as a student researcher. Sauropod Summer We don’t know of another place where we could work with such an important collection of one-of-a-kind dinosaur bones or have ready access to such technology. Presidential Debate Screening Fall 2012 Cone of Light Students experiment with the film "Line Describing a Cone." Twin Cities Theater Connections Thanks to being located in an urban area with a rich theater scene, Macalester can offer its students plenty of professionals to learn from. Prev 1 … 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 … 26 Next